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JOHN PALEOMYLITES is founder and managing director after yourself, it can be pretty bad for your health too.
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BeatThatQuote.com, a price comparison website. He “So why am I on my second business? Why didn’t I just take the money
will present the keynote address at the Growing Your Own and run after I sold JCP, one of the UK’s most successful internet transaction
Business Exhibition & Conference on Saturday 21 March. security companies? The truth of the matter is that if you are anything like me,
“Being an entrepreneur has become quite fashionable, you will love a ght. I needed another challenge and I wanted to learn from my
even respected. But in truth, not everyone is really cut out past experience. When I started JCP, we pioneered a new service. That was
for it. I realise this view runs contrary to what a lot of people really tough. So when I started
BeatThatQuote.com, we took an established
would have you believe, but I like to deal in harsh realities. business model with a proven marketplace and improved on it. It was a different
Rule one of working for yourself is that reality can often be approach, but one that came directly from hard won personal experience that
very harsh. There are a few other rules, but let me come onto presents its own set of challenges.
those in due course. “I’m going to use the opportunity that Growing Your Own Business has given
“Whilst I feel honoured to be asked to talk to you about my own experiences me to talk to you from that platform to explore some of the characteristics
as an entrepreneur at the Growing Your Own Business Exhibition & Conference, that I think make great entrepreneurs. I will also talk about some of my favourite
I also feel the weight of that responsibility. So I am also going to issue an rules for running a successful start-up. The health warning still stands but in
entrepreneur health warning: working for yourself can be detrimental to your common with most things that are worthwhile, the end result justi es all of the
wealth, popularity and relationships. Oh, and if you forget to make time to look effort it takes to get there. I wouldn’t and couldn’t do anything else. “
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